12th TFCA Awards December 17, 2008
Best Film: Wendy and Lucy The 12th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on December 17, 2008.
Winners Best Actor: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Runners-Up: Sean Penn – Milk and Jean-Claude Van Damme – JCVD
Best Actress: Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy Runners-Up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt
Best Animated Film: WALL-E Runners-Up: Kung Fu Panda, Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married Runners-Up: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire and Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
Best Documentary Film: Man on Wire Runners-Up: Standard Operating Procedure and Up the Yangtze
Best Film: Wendy and Lucy Runners-Up: Rachel Getting Married and WALL-E
Best First Feature: Ballast Runners-Up: The Band's Visit and Frozen River
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In • Sweden Runners-Up: A Christmas Tale • France, The Class • France and I've Loved You So Long • France/Germany
Best Screenplay: Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet Runners-Up: Doubt – John Patrick Shanley and Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight Runners-Up: Josh Brolin – Milk, Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder and Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married Runners-Up: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Viola Davis – Doubt
Rogers Canadian Film Award: My Winnipeg Runners-Up: Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) and Up the Yangtze
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